The Somerset reporter., 1887-08-24
Day Pleasantly Passed.

ADay Pleasantly Passed.
In the eastern part OF the town Of
Solon, somc - miles distant from this
place, over one Of the many line roads
that abound in glorious old Somerset, is
situated the old "old RoweH Farm, 50
C lllcd. containing over 500 hundred acres,
a great portion of which is fine wood
land. This farm, from its long continued
ownership in the Ruwell family, has II
grand old history, which, had we space to
give it, would make interesting reading
To hnst Of our readers. Is it Is We
will state that n early a>l sli this farm
WAS la The possession of Barnabus linn
newell, and al thai time was traded for bv
Zcbctlec Howell The father and grand
father of the present generation of Row
els in Scion. At that time very little of
the land was cleared The same bindings
With very little addition. now stand on
the place. Zebcdce had eight sons and
one daughter hc combined height Of the
sons rcachug over nifty feet These
children all settled, ". til two exceptions
in sight of the home place, the most Of
them on adjoining farms Zehedc 2d, hay
na the home farm. Zrbedce had two
sons and one daughter. and in th"se three
there are ever l. feet Of ROwell. Ruel,
the eldest, succeeded to the home place
and now carries II on. As it j. expected
that history Of the kowcll family is Ia
be written up this year We will leave
them here, and follow on 10 most pleas
ant day spent on tio farm lat week. in
company with some two hundred or more
people.
Situated up from the buildings, on the
north side of the old homestead i, what Is
known for miles around a "RoWeli>
I'LL. the highest point of land any where
in this vicinity, frem which oh Il clear
day. and with an ordinary field glass, You
can look directly on The country for
miles around. plainly seeing many promi-
nent buildings in this place, on the south,
farms across in Athens an st. Adams on
the east kinsllcld on the west. while
Brighton and vicinity looms up in the
north.
From this fact perhaps rs much a any,
our genial tOWnSman, :. ID. Arnold, Som
crsct> oldest merchant, conceived the
idea that n gathering of picniecrs, To be
made up of the bounding towns. could
here pa most enjoyable holiday, form
new acquaintance, talk over farm mat
tiers. etc, and to this end Tuesday the
10th inst was set for the event
The day was most fortunate one, and
early in the morning. with Il nclc 5. d."
for companion we left Skowhegan,
driving up through East Madison and
across to the scenes of pleasure. As we
passed one of the finest farms on the
route IS. D. informed us of what We
and probably many of our readers are not
knowing, OF how near he came to being
successful farmer. The farm in ques-
tion he bargained for early in life, and it
was his intention to locate there, erect a
big hcnnery, keep 1000 hens, about dozen
cows, and we have no doubt but what
there would have been lots of money
from these products He was talked
from the notion by others of his family,
and we almost think to-day that he wishes
he had carried out the scheme Arriving
at "Rowell Hill" we were just in season
to discover that nearly all were ahead of
us, and ve had only mingled with the
people for brief time, when dinner was
announced. And such dinner. 1t
looked to the writer as though we had
food enough to feed multitude. and we
can give no better evidence to the cooks
of that section then to say that it al
persisted before the enemy. For this
fact perhaps, great credit should be Civ
en- to "I'uclc Sam" and Dan Hobart OF
Fast Madison, whose appctitcs 90 I'M
questioned in this section. After the
lunch, the many glasses were brought il
to use for what could be seen, but unfort
unately the sky was overcast somewhat
and in this respect the view was hardly {
success. After Il brief but pithy address
by S. ID. Arnold, and n most interesting
history OF early events about the place
given by y. G. Rowel, or tUnclt
Cheney" as he was familiarly called. the
gathering dispersed, but not before n vot,
was taken and passed by an oycrwhclm
ing majority, that n larger gathcrin.
should congrcgate here another year
when greater preparations should b,
made and band be in attendance.
Among the people we had the pleasure
of meeting were, Abel Rowcll and wife
Harlow Rowcll and wife, Edward Savage
and wife, Galcn kincadc and wife
Charles Tufts and wife, Geo. Morrison
AID wife, Miss Ann Morrison, John Chad
bourn and wife, David kincade and wife
Daniel Hobart and wife, b. +. Rowtll an,
wife, d. c. Rowcll minus "A wife, q. n
Whittier, Amos Sponord and wife, How
ard Jcwctt and wife, David Clark ano
wife, Mrs. Rcbccca IIunncwcll Mrs. An
drew Jcwctt, Albert Clark and wife, Benz
Williams and wife, Capt. Asha Davis, \
w. Turner and sister Moses Crotto ant
and wife, David Jewett, l. Stinchllclt
and wife, Samuel Ilerrick and wife
james Sterling, wife and child, l.. c
.Icwett and sister, S. Spear and wife, T.
b. Rowcll S. ID. Arnold and many others